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Photo from Save River brick field,Gumira, Chipinge District, Zimbabwe
 
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An important industry in Gumira is brick-making. This family business first mixes the soil—actually, clay found along the Save River—with water and then puts it into wooden molds to form bricks.

by Robert Joppa
Save River brick field, Gumira, Chipinge District, Zimbabwe (1999)

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